Thank you for this article, it's wonderful to read about colour. As a designer, you can imagine I'm a little obsessed with paint charts too. So many possibilities!
Oh thank you, Louise! I’m so glad you enjoyed it 😊 yes, the possibilities are endless, and when you’re combining it with textures and fabrics in interiors as well it takes it to that next level. A wonderful way to express ourselves!
All the colours, all the time. I'm like a walking colour palette and I take great delight in it. A friend once said to me 'you dress so joyously'. I embroider in the same way. My friend once told me that I dress like an unafraid toddler. I could have taken offence, but quite frankly childhood is something many of us long to return to. Simpler days filled with persistent pockets of excitement, laughter awe and wonder. That 'oohhh ahhhh' of a colour combo bestills my beating heart. I think colour is often feared by people, colourful choices often bring great bravery and great joy in equal measure. Often a sign of someone who is comfortable and confident not be correct all of the time and see opportunities to grow from what others would see as failure. Colours are brave, bold and beautiful.
Oh Helly, I LOVE this! ❤️ yes to all of the above! I love that you’re a walking colour palette and how passionately you speak about embracing that. And what you said about colours being brave, bold and beautiful really resonates. Yes! 🙌🏻 thank you for sharing this.
Clare! We are kindred colour living spirits! In my office in our last house, instead of wallpaper or paint, I put up a bunch of paint charts from different paint companies and I LOVED studying them. For me I think it’s as you said - it was a reminder of the colour possibilities that exist... I also loved to see how the colours morphed from one to the other. The hard to describe “in between” colours are super interesting.
Also, thank you so much for the mention, I really appreciate it and I’m so happy to hear a fellow colour lover appreciates what I’m sharing! I look forward to looking through the links you shared, and your book is on my list! 🌈
Vanessa, I really think we are and I love it! Your paint chart walls sound fantastic - so inspiring to study them, and to see how they change in different lights too. Those in between colours are so interesting, especially when you see how people view them differently.
You’re so welcome - it brought me joy to read your post and I am so inspired by your colour palettes! 🥰
Well you know I’m a colour lover and definitely like to express myself through it! My new colleagues said today they look forward to seeing what dress/tights combo I’m gonna wear that day and what earrings I’ll pair with them because it’s so joyful 🥹 another colleague told me she thinks of me when she wears a jazzy jumper haha!
Thank you for this article, it's wonderful to read about colour. As a designer, you can imagine I'm a little obsessed with paint charts too. So many possibilities!
Oh thank you, Louise! I’m so glad you enjoyed it 😊 yes, the possibilities are endless, and when you’re combining it with textures and fabrics in interiors as well it takes it to that next level. A wonderful way to express ourselves!
All the colours, all the time. I'm like a walking colour palette and I take great delight in it. A friend once said to me 'you dress so joyously'. I embroider in the same way. My friend once told me that I dress like an unafraid toddler. I could have taken offence, but quite frankly childhood is something many of us long to return to. Simpler days filled with persistent pockets of excitement, laughter awe and wonder. That 'oohhh ahhhh' of a colour combo bestills my beating heart. I think colour is often feared by people, colourful choices often bring great bravery and great joy in equal measure. Often a sign of someone who is comfortable and confident not be correct all of the time and see opportunities to grow from what others would see as failure. Colours are brave, bold and beautiful.
Oh Helly, I LOVE this! ❤️ yes to all of the above! I love that you’re a walking colour palette and how passionately you speak about embracing that. And what you said about colours being brave, bold and beautiful really resonates. Yes! 🙌🏻 thank you for sharing this.
Clare! We are kindred colour living spirits! In my office in our last house, instead of wallpaper or paint, I put up a bunch of paint charts from different paint companies and I LOVED studying them. For me I think it’s as you said - it was a reminder of the colour possibilities that exist... I also loved to see how the colours morphed from one to the other. The hard to describe “in between” colours are super interesting.
Also, thank you so much for the mention, I really appreciate it and I’m so happy to hear a fellow colour lover appreciates what I’m sharing! I look forward to looking through the links you shared, and your book is on my list! 🌈
Vanessa, I really think we are and I love it! Your paint chart walls sound fantastic - so inspiring to study them, and to see how they change in different lights too. Those in between colours are so interesting, especially when you see how people view them differently.
You’re so welcome - it brought me joy to read your post and I am so inspired by your colour palettes! 🥰
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Well you know I’m a colour lover and definitely like to express myself through it! My new colleagues said today they look forward to seeing what dress/tights combo I’m gonna wear that day and what earrings I’ll pair with them because it’s so joyful 🥹 another colleague told me she thinks of me when she wears a jazzy jumper haha!
Yes! You are the Queen of dopamine dressing Louise - it makes me so happy that they appreciate this 🥹 you’re spreading joy wherever you go!